How to Speak Agile to Hardware Folks, with Mojtaba Hosseini

What this episode covers

Mojtaba Hosseini, Director of Data Services at Not a Metrics, explains how to bridge the gap between software and hardware engineering by reframing 'Agile' as 'risk mitigation.' He shares a case study where his team de-risked a new market entry by initially building a proof-of-concept on a huge PC to validate APIs and video streaming requirements before committing to FPGA or ASIC designs. Hosseini argues that while iterative development works well within engineering teams, it creates significant downstream challenges for marketing, finance, and supply chain departments that are not accustomed to frequent hardware revisions.